Multiscale Patterns of Riparian Plant Diversity and Implications for Restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-169

  Viers, Joshua H ^a   Fremier, Alexander K ^b   Hutchinson, Rachel A ^a   Quinn, James F ^a   Thorne, James H ^a   Vaghti, Mehrey G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Placer Land Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Multiscale analysis; Restoration; Riparian; Sacramento; San Joaquin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLOODPLAIN; FLORA; HABITAT RESTORATION; PLANT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857992681     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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